Gwynedd’s Slate Landscape, Wales

The UK Government has submitted a bid to UNESCO for the Welsh slate landscape that includes the Talyllyn Railway to become a World Heritage Site.

If successful, it will see Gwynedd’s Slate Landscape join the Great Wall of China the Grand Canyon and the Great Barrier Reef as UNESCO sites.

The Talyllyn Railway is a narrow-gauge railway opened for goods traffic in 1865 and for passenger services shortly after.

It has operated ever since between Tywyn on the west coast of Wales and Nant Gwernol, just over seven miles inland.

WEBSITE: www.talyllyn.co.uk and www.visitsnowdonia.info
Glenn Cannon at pressoffice@talyllyn.co.uk